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No. 483,793. Patented Oct. 4, 1892.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HIRAM B. SMITH, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE MILLERS FALLSCOMPANY, OF ERVING, MASSACHUSETTS.

SAW-SET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 483,793, dated. October4, 1892.

Application filed February 15, 1892. Serial No. 421,581. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HIRAM B. SMITH, of Atlanta, in the county of Fultonand State of Georgia, have invented a new and Improved Saw-Set, of whichthe following is a specification, reference being had to the annexeddrawings, forming a part thereof, in which Figure l is a perspectiveview of my improved saw-set. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section taken online m 00 in Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 shows the saw-setting anvil detachedfrom the circular-saw guide.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

The object of my invention is to construct a simple and effective devicefor quickly and accurately setting circular and long saws.

My invention consists in the combination of an anvil having beveled oroval edges, a saw guide and support, a hammer-guide, and a hammeradapted for use in conjunction with the beveled or oval anvil andhammerguide, all as will be hereinafter more fully described.

The anvil A, which is preferably made in semi-octagonal form, isprovided with beveled or oval edges 0 a a and the said anvil is formedon or attached to the support 13, the said support being provided withparallel sides adapted for insertion in a bench-vise. The base B isprovided with holes I) b b for receiving the rod 0, forming thehammerguide, the said rod being supported at right angles to the planeof the face of the anvil A. The holes I] b b are made opposite the facesof the anvil, so that the rod will guide the hammer when used inconnection with either of the beveled edges a a a When the implement isused for setting circular saws, the base B is prolonged to form aslotted arm 0, to which is fitted the ad j ustable circular-saw supportD, the said support having a boss which enters into the slot of the arm0. A rod (1 extends through the boss of the support D, and upon itsthreaded lower end, below the arm 0, is placed a hand-nut e, by means ofwhich the support D may be clamped in any position along the length ofthe slotted arm. In the top of the support D and concentric with the rod(7, is made a cavity f for receivingthe end of the conical bushing E,the said bushing being formed of two truncated cones arranged base tobase, thus forming a double bushing for circular saws having large andsmall central apertures. The bushing E is bored longitudinally, so as tofit upon the rod cl.

The hammer consists of a flat bar F of steel, which is used by placingthe flat side against the vertical guide-rod C and striking a tooth ofthe saw adjoining the guiderod (J. In this manner alternate teeth of thesaw are set as it is moved forward, and when one series of teeth havebeen set the saw is reversed and the intermediate teeth are set in theopposite direction in the same manner, the guide-rod 0 being shifted topermit of working on the beveled edge of the anvil, which is suited tothe inclination of the teeth to be set.

In setting long saws the anvil, the hammerguide, and the hammer only areused, and where the implement is to be used for this purpose only theslotted bar 0 and the support D may be dispensed with. The teeth of thesaw may be guided in such cases by one or more gages of the kindcommonly used for saw-sets, to be suitably attached to the anvil, andwhich require no special description.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. The combination, with the anvil having a pluralityof beveled or rounding edges and a plurality of apertures, of aguide-rod the lower end of which engages any one of said apertures,according to which edge of the anvil is in use, substantially as setforth.

2. In a saw-set, a support or base provided on its upper side with aseries of apertures and an anvil having beveled or oval edges, one foreach hole, whereby a guide-rod may be inserted in any one of the holes,substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with the anvil having a series of beveled or ovaledges and a base projecting therebeyond, of a vertical rod ad guide rod0, and the adjustable saw-support justable on the said base to any oneof said D, provided with the rod (1, and the conical to edges,substantially as set forth. bushing E, substantially as described.

4. In a saw-set, the combination of the an- 5 vii A, provided withbeveled or oval edges or HIRAM SMITH a 0, the anvil-support B, providedwith aplVitnesses: ertnres for receiving the hammer-guide, and l H. T.RUSS, furnished with a slotted arm 0, the hammer- W. A. GREGG.

